Robust epiphyte, epilith or terrestrial. Stems slender, to 60 cm long. Leaves linear, to 6.5 cm long, to 3 mm wide. Flowers 1-several, to 1 cm long, white, yellow, orange, pink, red or purplish; summer. Sepals narrow-ovate, laterals joined for about half their length. Petals lanceolate, clawed. Labellum linear, clawed.

Mexico to Brazil and the West Indies.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.